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Just wondered what people’s thoughts are on underated jump jockeys.
Brian Hughes has had a double already at Sedgefield today and recently I’ve noticed he seems to always have his horses in the race giving them every chance and is strong enough in a finish too.
Any other jockeys people think are underated?
Doubt those who follow the game regularly do underrate him but Noel Fehily does qualify as an unsung journeyman compared to the headline-hogging AP, Ruby and Choc. As content having Fehily on my side as I am any of them
Paul Moloney and Denis O’Regan are more than adequate conveyances too
Jason McGuire is only recently getting the warranted praise, but I’ve liked him for a long time. Graham Lee never gets the praise he deserves either, no idea why.
Got to be McCoy for me. Amazingly some think he’s not good enough to ride Kauto Star and in a poll in the Racing Post yesterday about who should ride most of Nicholl’s in Ruby’s absence Sam Thomas got about double the votes McCoy received.
I like Ryan Mania never done anything wrong for me. If i were an owner i wouldnt think twice bout putting him up on one of mine.
Paddy Brennan by Nigel Twiston Davis. Why such a talented jockey is made to share rides with the trainers son is beyond me. Fair enough to put him up when he has runners at more than one meeting, but not jocking Brennan off at the same meeting. Never believed in sending a boy to do a mans job myself.
Paddy Brennan by Nigel Twiston Davis. Why such a talented jockey is made to share rides with the trainers son is beyond me. Fair enough to put him up when he has runners at more than one meeting, but not jocking Brennan off at the same meeting. Never believed in sending a boy to do a mans job myself.
Did you see him jump off that one in the first at Exeter todayGraham Lee was superb on Jurisdiction at the weekend, as good a ride as you’ll see anywhere, I just don’t back him that often when he’s riding for Ferdy!
Dougie Costello is one who’s done very well whenever I’ve backed him his season, seems to be riding with a bit of confidence at the moment…
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Brennan, Moloney and O’Regan? I wouldn’t even consider them, let alone pay to utilise their services.
Graham Lee perhaps isn’t so much underrated as completely wasted; I can’t for the life of me work out why a jockey of his ability is satisfied riding for someone like Ferdy Murphy. The same is true of Richie McLernon and his association with Jonjo O’Neill.
Noel Fehily certainly doesn’t get the credit he deserves, but the jockeys I’m most keen on – Ruby Walsh aside – are generally up-and-comers. Aidan Coleman, Rhys Flint, Felix De Giles, Lee Stephens, Peter Toole, Paul Townend and Ryan Mania all continue to impress, with more established names such as Dominic Elsworth, Dougie Costello and Jason Maguire also worthy of mention.
I’ll probably get laughed at but I’ve always thought Rodi Greene is a better jockey then he gets credit for, slogging around for 20 years such as he has.
Could it be, maybe, that the jockeys we see as ‘under-rated’ are actually those without links to the big stables?
Just a thought.
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